San Francisco Design Week 2024

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The 18th Annual SAN FRANCISCO DESIGN WEEK, is returning June 3-12, celebrating with the theme “Attention: Commanding and controlling a precious commodity”. The festival showcases the intersection of new ideas, design and entrepreneurism that promotes the Bay Area as the birthplace of the future. Highlights include talks, open studios., conferences, tours with design leaders held at multiple host venues throughout the region. The festival also presents the 2024 Design Awards, an international design competition, juried by top industry professionals, seeking to encourage thought leadership by supporting designers whose works can contribute towards a positive future for society.

SFDW 2024 Highlights-
AI and the Future of the Design and Make Workforce
June 7, 4:30pm-7:30pm. Autodesk Gallery, One Market Street, San Francisco
An exclusive, rare opportunity at the Autodesk Gallery: Learn from Design and Make experts on how artificial intelligence will influence the future workforce.
Robots, AI, and Making Courageous Futures
June 7, 5pm-8pm. IDEO, 320 Florida Street, San Francisco
Hear about what IDEO has been making in this era of emerging tech.
Product Design for a Circular Economy: A Practical Guide
June 5, 5-8pm. Informal, 55 Grace St, San Francisco
A panel discussion addresses the massive human-created impacts from the last 100 years, covering topics such as sustainability, the circular economy and how a product designer can make informed, impactful design decisions in their daily practice.

Architecture, Home Interiors and Fashion talks and exhibitions, including:
"Dynamic Minds: Creative Brilliance" Seminar Series
The Dynamic Minds Seminars Series produced and led by Diane Dorrans Saeks is four separate events. Each highly accomplished designer and architect will speak of works in progress, new work, and what they see happening in the near future.

Erica Tanov: The Fine Art of Collaboration: The dynamics of successful creative partnerships
June 5, 5-7pm. Erica Tanov Studio | Showroom, 1808 Fifth Street, Berkeley

Armadillo and CA Home + Design Present A 1000 X Better" Rebel by Design Book Signing with Interior Designer Kirsten Blazek
June 6, 4pm-6pm. Armadillo, 3695 Sacramento Street, San Francisco

Rafi Ajl at the Future Perfect
June 7, 6-8pm Opening Reception. The Future Perfect, 3085 Sacramento Street, San Francisco

San Francisco Design Week showcases the Bay Area’s rich tradition of digital creativity and innovation. Celebrating the region’s unique blend of entrepreneurial spirit and design excellence, the festival offers insights into the factors that have propelled the Bay Area to global prominence in technology and design.

The 2024 San Francisco Design Week Awards:
Where Innovation Meets Social Responsibility
The San Francisco Design Week Awards is an international design competition seeking to encourage thought leadership by supporting designers whose works can contribute towards a positive future for society.